Steege JF

No ORCID on file · 10 papers in corpus · active 1991-2014

Study types

  • article 4
  • other 2
  • review 2
  • letter 1

Condition tags

  • endometriosis 8
  • chronic_pelvic_pain 6
  • dyspareunia 1
2014
Post-hysterectomy dyspareunia.
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2014.02.008

When appropriately performed, hysterectomy most often contributes substantially to quality of life. Postoperative morbidity is minimal, in particular after minimally invasive surgery. In a minority of women, pain during intercourse is one o…

other 2012
Effect of extreme obesity on outcomes in laparoscopic hysterectomy
Journal of minimally invasive gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2012.07.005

STUDY OBJECTIVE: To estimate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on several outcomes in laparoscopic hysterectomy, in particular in the extremes of obesity. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study (Canadian Task Force classification II-3). SET…

other 2006
Identification of diagnostic subtypes of chronic pelvic pain and how subtypes differ in health status and trauma history
American journal of obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2006.03.071

OBJECTIVE: Our primary aim was to identify subtypes of chronic pelvic pain and to compare the cases of women with the identified subtypes on health status and trauma history. We hypothesized that women with diffuse abdominal/pelvic pain wou…

review 2006
The anatomy and neurophysiology of pelvic pain
Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/j.jmig.2006.06.021
letter 2006
Too soon, too late, too often, too seldom?
Fertility and sterility ·doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.06.046

Many variables determine the appropriate timing of diagnostic laparoscopy for suspected endometriosis. When initial treatments fail to relieve pain attributed to endometriosis, more detailed assessment is often indicated rather than escalat…

article 1998
A health-related quality-of-life instrument for symptomatic patients with endometriosis: A validation study
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70250-9

ObjectiveThis study was designed to evaluate the reliability, validity, and responsiveness of a newly developed, health-related quality-of-life measure.Study designA total of 137 women (122 from a Phase III clinical trial and 15 from a priv…

article 1998
Superior hypogastric block during microlaparoscopic pain mapping
The Journal of the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists ·doi:10.1016/s1074-3804(98)80030-3

Pelvic pain mapping during laparoscopy performed under conscious sedation can provide useful information about visceral and somatic sources of chronic pelvic pain. Diagnostic superior hypogastric plexus block can be performed under direct l…

review 1997
Indications for Hysterectomy: Have They Changed
Clinical obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1097/00003081-199712000-00023

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Correspondence: John F. Steege, M.D., Chief, Division of Gynecology, Department OB/GYN CB: 7570, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel…

article 1996
Chronic Pelvic Pain: Prevalence, Health-Related Quality of Life, and Economic Correlates
Obstetrics and gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0029-7844(95)00458-0

OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of chronic pelvic pain in U.S. women aged 18-50 years, and to examine its association with health-related quality of life, work productivity, and health care utilization. METHODS: In April and May 1994…

article 1991
Relationship of laparoscopic findings to self-report of pelvic pain
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology ·doi:10.1016/0002-9378(91)90630-a

An assessment battery including standardized measures of behavioral and psychosocial factors associated with other chronic pain conditions was administered to 102 women scheduled for laparoscopic surgery. Surgeons who were blinded to the pa…